Dan Martin: Being sentimental can hold you back

There's no doubting Dan Martin's progression as a Grand Tour rider with the Quick-Step Floors team over the past couple of seasons; back-to-back top-ten finishes at the Tour de France speak for themselves. Yet on both occasions he was left with a lingering sense of 'what if?'

Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.